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John Brown interviewed by Neil Bennetts [sound recording]
Bib ID 2698388
Format AudioAudio, OnlineOnline [sound recording]
Author
Brown, John, 1881-1981?, Interviewee
 
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Description 1980 
2 tape reels (ca. 60 min.) : analog, mono. ; 5 in. 
Summary

Brown, veteran of the Boer War and World War I, speaks about serving in the Boer War in the Cape Mounted Rifles; diamond mining in South Africa; African wildlife; travelling to Cape Town from England by sailing ship; life in London in the late nineteenth century; his family background; coming to Australia in 1906; working as a bricklayer for the railways; diamond mining in the Kimberley Mine; the story of how Cecil Rhodes would compete with Barney Barnado for the best diamonds; seving in World War I in Egypt and Gallipoli with the First A.I.F.; Barnato's drinking problem; how he heard through his regiment that Breaker Morant had actually deliberately killed 3 or 4 Boer prisoners despite the allegations of political corruption; Eighteenth Battalion; Baden-Powell; lawn bowls; and the future of Australia.

Notes

Brown's housekeeper Mrs Helen Randal speaks several times during the interview.

Recorded in North Sydney, New South Wales on 2 October 1980.

Also available online via the Internet at: http:/­/­nla.gov.au/­nla.oh-vn2698388

Index/Finding Aid Note Timed summary and transcript available (typescript, 29 leaves) 
Subjects Brown, John, - 1881-1981? - Interviews.  |  Barnato, Barney, - 1852-1897 - Anecdotes.  |  Rhodes, Cecil, - 1853-1902 - Anecdotes.  |  Morant, Breaker, - 1864?-1902 - Anecdotes.  |  Veterans - Australia - Interviews.  |  South African War, 1899-1902 - Personal narratives.  |  England - Social conditions - 19th century.
Other authors/contributors Bennetts, Neil, Interviewer  |  Randal, Helen, Interviewee

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